Fishing lure



C. F. WEIGAN DT Dec. 30, 1952 FISHING LURE Original Filed Dec. 8, 1949Carl F. Weigandr IN VEN TOR.

Patented Dec. 30, 1952 FISHING LURE Carl F. Weigandt, Memphis, Tenn,assignor of forty-nine per cent to Wylie E. Turner, Jr.,

Piggott, Ark.

Original application December 8, 1949, Serial No.

114,545. Divided and this application September 19, 1951, Serial No.247,293

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to improvements in fish lures of the typesimulating a bug, the instant application therefor being a division ofmy copending application for U. S. Letters Patent Serial No. 114,545,filed December 8, 1949, now Patent No. 2,571,980.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a fish lure of the typeindicated in which the body is formed of a pair of opposed side-bysidesections for clamping leg simulating hairs, or bristles, therebetween,the sections being separable for replacement or interchanging anddetachably secured together in a novel manner by the rear ends of fishhooks extending along the body and rearwardly thereof and anchored tothe body against turning by simple inexpensive means obviating separatfasteners.

Other and subordinate objects, within the purview of my invention,together with the precise nature of my improvements will be readilyunderstood when the succeeding description and claim are read withreference to the drawing accompanying and forming part of thisspecification.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved fish lure in thepreferred embodiment thereof;

Figure 2 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Figur1; and

Figure 3 is a view in longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the fish lure of my inventioncomprises a pair of flat, ovate, body sections 5, 6 ositioned inside-byside confronting relation with the outer edges rounded. Theconfronting side of section 6 is formed with transverse grooves I inwhich groups of leg simulating hairs, or bristles, I I] are clampedbetween said sections to extend from opposite sides of the body.

The bodysections 5, 6 are detachably secured together by fish-hooks IIhaving angular rear ends I2 inserted in vertical bores I3 in saidsections 5, 6, said ends I2 being threaded to receive cylindrical nuts I4 having flared outer ends I5 countersunk in the body. The outer ends ofthe nuts I 4 are formed with screw driver slots I6 for attaching orremoving said nuts. Th shank I! of each fish-hook II extendslongitudinally in a rearward direction from the ends I2, beyond the rearend of the body and is formed with a U-bend IB adjacent its inner ndseated in a longitudinal recess I9 in the body, which is to say thesection 5, or 5, as the case may be. The bend I8 and recess I9 preventth hook from turning or swinging and hold the bill of the hook inrearwardly projecting position relative to the body. Both the top andbottom of the body may be provided with one Or mor of the hooks II withthe bill 20 of the upper hook, or

- hooks, held upwardly and the bill 20 of the lower l the confrontingfaces of the sections 5, 6 at the front end of the body forms part ofmeans for attaching to the front end of the body a spinner 28 and lineattaching stem 21, and which need merely be mentioned in passing.

As will now be seen, the described hooks II and recesses I9 provide foreasily and quickly securing together different colored, or orna merited,body sections 5, 6 in different color, or ornamented, combinations andwith the bills of the hooks II trailing the body and held. againstturning by inexpensive and easily applied means simplifying attachmentof the hooks to the body.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention, without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modificationwithout departing from th inventive concept, and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

An artificial bait comprising a body composed of a pair of separablesections in side by side confronting relation, a fish-hook positionedagainst the outer side of th body with its bill portion projectingoutwardly from the body, said hook having an angular inner end passingthrough the sections of the body, fastening means securing the inner endof the hook to th body and holding 1 the sections in assembled relationto each other, I said body having a recess in said outer side, and

said hook having a U-bend spaced from said inner end thereof and seatedin said recess to hold the book from turning on the body.

CARL F. WEIGANDT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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